Fidelia Music Player: the "premium listening" alternative to iTunes?

Apple's iTunes is, without doubt, the most popular music player for OS X, but it's not the only one. Audiofile Engineering's new Fidelia Music Player promises to deliver hi-res playback and a clutter-free interface, and supports multiple formats including FLAC, Apple Lossless, AIFF, WAV, AAC, Ogg Vorbis and CAF (Core Audio Format).

Of course, iTunes supports some of these formats as well, but Fidelia's other big sell is that it's powered by iZotope's DSP technology. "Listen and you'll hear the difference," is the advice from Audiofile Engineering.

Mac users with a passion for music and an appreciation for high-quality audio have an extraordinary new way to savour the sounds they love. Audiofile Engineering has launched Fidelia, a premium desktop music player created exclusively for Mac OS X and designed to offer rich high-fidelity playback for music lovers of any taste or technical background. With support for numerous high-resolution file formats and an attractive, intuitive interface that honours the classic stereo amplifiers of decades past, Fidelia lets discerning listeners optimize and enjoy their music with maximum control and no proprietary clutter. Priced at US$19.99, it's also a remarkably accessible software alternative that integrates seamlessly with users' existing iTunes libraries.

"Just as high-definition video technology has changed the way people experience movies and television, high-resolution audio formats like FLAC and Apple Lossless give consumers access to superior levels of sound quality," said Matthew Foust, founding partner of Audiofile Engineering. "Fidelia is designed as an elegant, approachable way for casual and studious listeners alike to embrace these higher sonic standards. The MP3 format may have revolutionized the music industry, but there are higher-quality formats that can truly enhance the listening experience."

Fidelia supports high-quality audio file formats including FLAC, Apple Lossless, AIFF, WAV, AAC, Ogg Vorbis and CAF (Core Audio Format). Users can not only import and playback music in these formats, but they can also convert existing MP3 files to any of the above.